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Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 9512
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 10031
13 Actual Demand 8791
14 Aggregate Planning 10079
15 Air Cargo 8034
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 4800
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32201
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 13681
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 16604
20 Assembly Line 14751
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20631
22 Average Speed of Answer 24778
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 19728
24 Batch Production 32248
25 Bill Discounting 11385
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 8409
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5540
28 Blanket Release 7726
29 Bonded Warehouse 8315
30 Booking Number 10732
31 Bottleneck 7390
32 Buffer Stock 50033
33 Build to Stock 10911
34 Bullwhip Effect 7197
35 Business Logistics 20946
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10705
37 Capacity Management 31186
38 Capacity Utilization 11288
39 Capital Intensive 6247
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6175
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9840
42 Certified Supplier 7337
43 Channel Effectiveness 7120
44 Co-Destiny 7278
45 Co-managed Inventory 10051
46 Co-Packers 9890
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4674
48 Computer-Based Training 6192
49 Consular Invoice 16713
50 Container Depot 8877
51 Container Freight Station 8685
52 Continuous Replenishment 16934
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10240
54 Contract Carrier 5956
55 Contract of Affreightment 9586
56 Control Charts 6411
57 Cost Flow 8488
58 Courier Service 12392
59 CPFR 6435
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9926
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 36039
62 Date Code 14617
63 Days of Supply 17286
64 Dead on Arrival 6964
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5774
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6165
67 Detective Control 6992
68 Devanning 12273
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8424
70 Dispatching 19262
71 Distributed Inventory 6843
72 Distribution Channel Management 28507
73 Distribution Metrics 6387
74 Distribution Planning 21555
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12501
76 Double Marginalization 48111
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19894
78 Dual 3903
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18433
80 Echelon Inventory 23936
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34856
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42509
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5925
84 Efficient Frontier 21558
85 Engineer-to-Order 27637
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13426
87 Erlang B Formula 7245
88 ETD 6487
89 Ex Works 6234
90 Exception Rate 10428
91 Exponential smoothing 8083
92 External Growth 8191
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7610
94 Field Services 6231
95 Field Warehouse 7900
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5576
97 Fishbone Diagram 12462
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22349
99 Flow Through Distribution 10187
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6213
101 FOB Destination 10154
102 Forward buying 27144
103 Freight Charge 8803
104 Freight Consolidation 5915
105 Gantt Chart 6964
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 9150
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 26161
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 10837
109 Hub 20527
110 Idle Time 6541
 
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